March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

ENGLISH 7
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Quiz on Chapters 1- 4. Not open book.
Group discuss Chapters 3 & 4. Including your activity, if time. Make sure that you have thoroughly responded to all parts of the discussion questions. If it says “defend,” find support.

Returned Chapter 2.
HW: Weds: Finish questions on Chapters 3 & 4. Second chance.
Read Chapters 5 & 6
ENGLISH 8
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Speech grades returned
QW: In notebooks--Summarize what you did well and what you will work on for next speech. MAKE SURE TO RETURN SPEECH & RUBRIC TO YOUR PORTFOLIO BEFORE LEAVING!
A little bit more poetry. Poets to watch.
"I knew that poets seemed to be miserable," says writer Billy Collins about his younger self, yearning to fit in. While he admits he "faked a miserable character" at the start of his career, he's since embraced his sense of humor. Jeffrey Brown talks to Collins about his new collection, "Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems."
Terrible Things Day 2.
First They Came for The Jews, poem…Have you seen this before?
And a few questions about it.

Polish your piece of advice. Write it in marker on paper provided.
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About Me

Sebastopol, CA
After many years as a newspaper reporter and writer, a job that I was lucky enough to love, I got my English teaching credential, hoping to pass on to kids how to find their unique voice and clearly communicate what they think and feel. Public school educated in Philadelphia, college in New York City (Barnard College), transferred to and graduated from UC Berkeley in English and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Yay, my son, my student in 8th grade, is now a Cal alumni, too, a 2017 graduate with a degree in computer science, now working at Google (You Tube) as a product manager. William Faulkner is one of my favorite writers, as well as Anne Lamott, Langston Hughes and many of the nighttime, satirical comedy shows. On my top bookshelf sit Nobel Prize winning writers Toni Morrison and Orhan Pamuk, along with friends who have won Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, who started writing in junior high or in writing groups in Sonoma County. Go public education in California!

"Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction"

The digital revolution and teens, from the New York Times--
"Sean's favorite medium is video games...he sometimes wishes that his parents would force him to quit playing and study..."